Sprint CEO Says 5G Network Will Launch in 2019
Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure is excited that his company will launch mobile 5G services on its 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings on a nationwide basis in the first half of 2019. According to an article in Fierce Wireless, that timeline places Sprint ahead of T-Mobile in terms of launching nationwide mobile 5G; T-Mobile has promised to start its launch in 2019 and finish it in 2020. Claure said Sprint’s 5G buildout will be bolstered by the deployment of about 40,000 outdoor small cell solutions, 15,000 strand mounted small cells through the company’s partnerships with cable companies, and the deployment of up to 1 million Sprint Magic Boxes.